Vic McKinney
Personal information
Date of birth c.1945
Place of birth Lurgan, Northern Ireland
Date of death 1987 (aged 42)
Place of death South Africa
Position(s) Left winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1964 Glenavon
1964–1968 Falkirk 56 (9)
1968–1969 Addington/Durban Spurs
1970–1971 Durban United
1972–1975 Cape Town City
International career
1966 Northern Ireland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Victor J. McKinney[1] (c. 1945 – 1987) was a Northern Irish footballer who played as a left winger.

Career

Born in Lurgan, McKinney played for Glenavon, Falkirk, Addington/Durban Spurs, Durban United and Cape Town City.[1][2][3] He also earned one cap for the Northern Ireland national team.[1][2]

He died in a car accident in 1987, in which his son, also called Victor, was paralysed.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Profile". NIFG. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Vic McKinney". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  3. "FALKIRK : 1946/47 - 2013/14". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  4. "Homecoming for remarkable son of former Blues star killed in 1987". Lurgan Mail. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2017.


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